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Olympics fever is upon us

After a long wait, the Olympics is finally amongst us again. So, what is going to be special about this Olympics? It is a well established fact that the Olympics is never about the sporting events alone. Of course, the performance of the athletes is definitely a big thing but we always want something extra from the event. The example of the Atlanta Olympics where Muhammad Ali was appointed as the individual who will take the Olympic flame to the cauldron.

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Ridiculous Petrol Prices

Petrol prices are hurting many at the pump. Will there be any relief? Probably not; petrol is high and will continue to go higher. I have a BMW lease business, and I noticed that my business is going down as well because of this ridiculous increase in petrol prices. People prefer using more public transport over buying petrol for their cars. When ever I go to the petrol pump and I see lo and behold the prices have go up again, £1.20 per liter, wow!

The world is changing; we live in a different world than 20 years ago. China and Indian are rapidly growing and consuming a lot of fuel. This is one of the main reasons we are paying for fuel the way we are.

Off shore drilling is not helping much to offset the increase of prices. The best thing that we can do is to conserve not consume oil. If you own an old car or truck it can be difficult to deal with the high price of petrol. It may be time to cut down on how much driving you do; the more you reduce your driving the more money you will save.

A radical way to offset the fuel cost is to put a smaller engine in your vehicle or even a diesel engine. Diesel engines are more efficient than regular petrol engines. Diesel is also cleaner than it used to be. There are several changes you can do to adapt your car or truck to the high petrol prices. It is possible to have a vehicle that is fuel efficient.

The reality is that conservation is the only solution to our fuel problems today. When we learn to live on less fuel we are able to save ourselves lots of money. Drive a little less, walk to places, take proper care of your cars and don’t drive without a reason. The sooner we learn to conserve fuel the better it will be for all of us.

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Acting: Who Will The Next Great Actors Be

Watching The Godfather the other day, I found myself in complete awe of Marlon Brando. Playing possibly one of the greatest characters ever, he conveys such passion and dedication to the role of chief gangster, that it’s hard to imagine anyone could ever rival his performance. Not only that, but his voice carries such gravity that it’s almost impossible to turn away from the screen when he stares someone in the eye and begins to speak. The same can be said for De Niro and Al Pacino – both actors with stunning Cvs who rarely disappoint.

This led me to think about who the next great actors would be; both the female and male greats who can act the part of a heating oil engineer and do so with such vigor that you almost want to become one yourself: those who become legend in my childrens'life-time. I know that Leonardo Di Caprio and Matt Damon and the like are more than worthy…but are they up there with the former league of actors such as Brando, Pacino and Travolta? I’d like to think so, but part of me thinks that is not and will never be the case.

But then again, perhaps I am wrong about all this – maybe I am being unfair. After all, there’s still time yet for them to all make their permanent marks. Or perhaps I am right? Right now it’s too early to say, of course. What I can say, though, is that there will never be a Godfather remake that is as good as the original masterpiece. I may have to eat my words in 20 years'time but if I do have to, so be it. I will actually be pleased about that.

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Where Will You Be On The Royal Wedding Day?

That’s the question which about a billion people worldwide will be asking very, very soon. Because, whether I like it or not, an event more important than The Big Bang to many people is about to take place.

Yes, a very royal wedding. Forget hybrid cars, oil spills and earthquake damage.

I’m never likely to forget the royal wedding, am I?

Everywhere I go right now, I am assaulted by either words or pictures or sometimes, if I am really unlucky, both: it’s either old ladies nattering about how dapper William’s going to look, or Mum’s debating what William should do with his hair (and I’m no hair expert but I’d say the best thing he can do is hack the whole lot off and never, ever let it grow back. It is truly hideous, is it not? The expression “quiche head” comes to mind…).

I have no problem with the fact that I am being constantly assaulted, however. Why? Because the Bank Holiday is coming up, and for me – as everyone – that means no work and loads of fun. Bingo, thanks very much Will and Kate! Couldn’t have done it without you, and I mean that quite literally.

I have to say, though, that at no point will I be watching the royal wedding on TV. I also won’t be checking it out in the papers. I’ve never liked weddings at the best of times, and the fact that a very royal quiche head is getting married does not change that fact.

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Scraps

I love making collages, always have. I don’t know why, exactly, but I do know that scrap books are important part of recording decades and how culture relates to a certain time frame. Flick through a scrap book and you can see trends changing, things evolving, and how fashion comes and goes. I was reminded of this when I saw an old lady on the bus clutching a scrap book and smiling as she flipped the pages slowly, savouring the photographs.

I must have been staring for a while when she said, “do you want to see?” Just that: do you want to see, and no “hello”. I liked the way she smiled at me, accepting me and not even thinking for a second that I might be some dodgy character. Her innocence was both shocking and refreshing.

I said I did, and she started at the beginning.

Five minutes and twenty pages through, I knew much more about this Mildred character’s life than maybe even some of her friends did. I knew she had been married at fifteen, had had a sibling dna test at eighteen, and had spent many happy years with her husband, who had been a well-respected boxer. It was a great bus ride into town: for once I was able to zone-out from all the noise of the teenagers and listen to history. I barely registered we were moving the whole time, which now seems absurd considering who terrible the suspension on the bus was.

As she got off, Mildred tapped her scrap book and smiled. I noticed that on the side of her hat that had been hidden there was a small pink rose pinned to it.

“Goodbye,” I said, “say hello to Harry,” and she said she would do and gave a sweet little curtsy. I hoped I might meet her again and see what the rest of the book had in it.

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Web design no-nos…

OK, seeing as I rarely write about web-design based things, here I go today with exactly that.

And today? I’m going to be talking about web-design no-nos. In other words, when you liaise with a web designer, here are a few things you really shouldn’t do. Don’t do these things and it’ll make the whole process run much more smoothly.

1) Don’t tell the graphic designer that you can’t move on certain things: whether it’s a web-site about work accident compensation or a web-site about selling horses, it doesn’t matter – some things will have to be flexible. Why? Well, simple: you don’t know anything about web-design and the designer does! So at all times you need to listen to what they are saying. They will then be more confident and easier to work with and generally the job will get done quicker. Another important point is that it will cost you less as so much less time will have been wasted!

It’s so much easier to communicate yourself by calling instead of just writing a really long email…

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Allergies: are they taking over?

Allergies, if you have one or two, can be pretty frightening things. One minute you can be sitting there having a fine day and the next – or even the next second – your world can be turned completely upside down in an instant. Sometimes it’s something you ate, other times it’s something you unknowingly breathed in. But each and every time it’s a total disaster. Some allergies even stop people from going to work, not to mention functioning properly in every other part of their lives too.

One of the biggest problem-causers has to be silver jewellery and other kinds of jewellery, of course. Forever a problem for those with sensitive skin, some people only seem to have to look at the stuff to come out in a hideous rash! But this is by far not a problem for many in comparison to nut allergies and dairy allergies. These two are probably the most common baddies out there, and affect many millions of people all over the world.

How can you defend against something which is so intrinsically linked to the air we breath?

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The importance of appearance

King and Allen

, if you didn’t know, make fine quality bespoke suits. And I do mean fine. I know this because I have a suit which was lovingly made from them. Costing in the region of £500 it’s not exactly the most expensive suit ever made, but I can tell you something for nothing: it more than does the job, making me look completely professional and like I know exactly what I am talking about.

Which is essential when going for a job interview, of course. Because let’s face it: we’d all rather that people only took notice of our stunning personalities.

But sadly that isn’t the way it is. In fact, from what I learned during my last job interview, I’d say that we’re becoming even more focussed on how people look, which is a shame.

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Using the right tools

What’s this here article about? Well, it’s about finding the right tools for drawing and how to use them. Rather than actually going through all the numerous techniques ourselves, we have an instructional video up which should guide you through the basics. As well as this there are a number of handy tips on what the various tools of drawing — marker pens to fine-liners — are good for. Basically, after reading this you should have a much better understanding of it all, which can’t be bad, can it?

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Is The World Getting Nastier?

Only yesterday I was thinking about how great it was that I hadn’t read anything depressing in the tabloids, only to find myself on the BBC web-site reading about another murder. Unsolved, no apparent motive, no real evidence. Then, hours later, the murderer was confirmed: he looked just like any other man in so many ways. That thing that people say about people looking like a murderer? It might have been true at one time, but I don’t think it is any more. We’ve just seen so many of them. So often people have looked innocent, only for the tables to turn in a surreal chain of events as the net closes in.

So the question: Is the world getting nastier? Is an interesting one. In many ways it would seem to be, but then, how much of that can be attributed to us being more connected now, and how much can be attributed to any real changes in the last few hundred years?

I actually think, contrary to popular belief, that the world is, in many ways getting better: more awareness about certain things, more communication, and more ways to make a living. On other words, seemingly more control. Yes there are bad things, but look back to medieval times: things were worse then, surely.

It doesn’t matter whether your Free Antivirus Downloads have just saved the day, or you’re looking for a new job. More precautions to ensure your safety are now in place than ever before. I know the news can be depressing and upsetting, but try to remember that fact and it might put a smile on your face.

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